貞元新定釋教目錄 12.8

12.8

The Emperor took great delight in it. He sent emissaries to the capital to fetch the Yuqie lun. The Emperor examined it carefully himself, and seeing that its wording and meaning were vast and far-reaching, unlike anything he had heard before, he sighed and said to his attendant ministers: "When We gaze upon the Buddhist scriptures, it is like looking up at the sky or gazing out across the ocean, impossible to fathom its height or depth. That the Dharma Master was able to obtain such profound Dharma in foreign lands is remarkable. Preoccupied recently with abundant military and state affairs, We had no leisure to examine the Buddhist teachings thoroughly. But seeing them now, their source and origin are vast and boundless, without any discernible shore. Comparing the Confucian and Daoist traditions of the Nine Schools to this is like placing a small pond beside the vast ocean. For the world to say that the Three Teachings arrive at the same destination is sheer nonsense!"